DIO - MPP Navy & DE&S - DH Programme Delivery Lead

As a Deputy Head of Programme Delivery in DIO you will:

• Provide leadership for the team/function, developing and supporting the team, enabling them to deliver departmental goals and motivate staff providing a positive, collaborative and proactive working environment.
• Demonstrate a personal commitment to the DIO Guiding Principles.
• Contribute to a positive, collaborative and proactive working environment.
• Promote strong working relationships both within the team and with other teams across DIO and MoD.
• Continually strive to enhanced MPP Navy and DE&S P3M maturity, supporting team improvements and best practice (continual improvement and section development, as well as strengthening collaboration across the business).
• Work directly with the 1* Programme Director MPP Navy and DE&S to develop a working environment and ways of working to achieve a High Performing Team ethos within the Projects Team and is accountable for ensuring adherence and conformity to all agreed DIO processes and operating procedures, particularly those which are detailed under key infrastructure process.
• Represent the Department and deputise for the 1* Programme Director at Directorate level when required.
• Lead all Programme activities and support project development through overall management, co-ordination and direction of internal and external resources to achieve the Delivery Plan for construction projects in the Programme to the performance cost and time agreed.
• Test and challenge the performance of project teams, to drive value for money solutions that are on time to budget.
• Lead and champion the MPP safety culture ensuring our people, suppliers and contractors behave and deliver safely.
• Provide leadership for stakeholder management and analysis activities for team/functionleading engagement with the most important and influential internal and external stakeholders and negotiating key outcomes in support of DIO delivery.
• Lead engagement and relationships with our frontline command sponsors to maintain clarity of demand and delivery performance, achieving a common operating understanding.
• Direct Delivery in collaboration with Users and Industry - effective contract management, stakeholder and end User engagement in the delivery of construction projects to assure that output delivered meets the defined requirement within funding and time parameters and in pursuit of Value for Money.
• Manage delegated budget and resourcesensuring appropriate financial management for function that is compliant with MOD policy and DIO internal requirements staying within agreed tolerance of delegated budget.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Person specification

Essential

• Experience of delivering major engineering or infrastructure programmes and projects (>10m) in a senior project management role.
• Leadership of teams and people
• Experience of successfully managing stakeholders in a complex environment.
• Commercial and/or procurement experience.
• Knowledge of infrastructure delivery processes
• The ability to become Chartered with the APM

Desirable

• Risk Management
• Construction experience
• Membership of a professional body or institution (e.g. RIBA, RICS, ICE, CIBSE, IMechE, CIOB, APM or equivalent) and a project management qualification APMP/APM(PMQ)/Prince 2 or equivalent.
• A recognised construction qualification (NVQ Level 5, HNC/HND or higher in a Construction, Infrastructure or engineering related discipline)

Note that it will be a requirement to achieve a professional qualification if one is not already held.

Licences
UK Driving Licence - required to enable travel to remote project sites not accessible by public transport.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Seeing the Big Picture

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• PDCF Commercial and Procurement - Experience

Benefits

Alongside your salary of 70,540, Ministry of Defence contributes 20,435 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.

Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/ .

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

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Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.

At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours/Experience:

• CV (details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience)
• Personal Statement (Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability - max 750 words)
• Seeing the Big Picture

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours/Technical Skills:

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions
• Technical Skill - PDCF Commercial and Procurement - Experience

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The interviews for this campaign will be via MS Teams.

We are hoping to conduct interviews w/c 16th December, however may run into the new year.

Results for this campaign will likely be communicated in the new year.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window) .

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window) .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements
Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window) .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .

Location: UK, GB

Posted Date: 11/22/2024